Johane 1
1 Erile pele ga tlholego ya dilo tshotlhe, Keresete a bo a ntse a le teng le Modimo. Ga a bolo go nna a tshela mme a le Modimo ka sebele.
In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 O tlhodile sengwe le sengwe se se leng teng, ga gona sepe se se tshelang se se sa tlholwang ke ene.
All things were made by him, and without him not one thing was made that now exists.
4 Botshelo jo bo sa khutleng bo mo go ene, mme botshelo jo bo naya batho lesedi.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 Botshelo jwa gagwe ke lesedi le le phatsimang mo lefifing, mme lefifi ga le kake la tima lesedi.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not.
6 Modimo o ne wa roma Johane wa Mokolobetsi e le mosupi wa gore Jesu Keresete ke lesedi la Boammaaruri.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.
8 Johane e ne e se lesedi ka boene; o ne a le mosupi wa lone fela.
He was not the Light; but he came to testify of the Light.
9 Moragonyana, yo e leng ene lesedi la boammaaruri a goroga go tla go phatsima mo go mongwe le mongwe yo o tlang mo lefatsheng.
He was the true Light, which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
10 Mme le fa tota a dirile lefatshe, lefatshe ga le a ka la mo itse fa a sena go tla.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 Le fa e le mo lefatsheng la ga gabo le mo go ba ga gabo ebong Bajuta, ga a a ka a amogelesega. Ba se kae fela ba ne ba mo amogela. Mme botlhe ba ba neng ba mo amogela, o ne a ba naya tshiamelo ya go nna bana ba Modimo. Gotlhe mo ba neng ba tlhoka go go dira, e ne e le go mo ikanya gore a ba boloke.
He came to his own country, and his own people received him not.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of becoming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;
13 Botlhe ba ba dumelang se, ba tsalwa sesha eseng ga senama mo go tswang mo thatong ya motho kgotsa leano; mme go tswa mo go rateng ga Modimo.
who were begotten, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 Mme Keresete a nna motho mme a nna mo lefatsheng mo gare ga rona a tletse lorato lwa boitshwarelo le boammaaruri. Bangwe ba rona ba bonye kgalalelo ya gagwe; kgalalelo ya Morwa yo o esi wa ga Rara wa Legodimo!
And the WORD became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of grace and of truth.
15 Johane a mo supegetsa batho, a bolelela batho ba le bantsintsi a re, “Yo ke ene yo ke neng ka bua ka ga gagwe ke re, ‘Mongwe o e tla yo o mphetang go menaganye; gonne ga a bolo go nna pele ga ke tsalwa.’”
John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.
16 Rotlhe re amogetse mahumo a a tswang mo matlhogonolong a gagwe a o a re lereditseng, letlhogonolo mo godimo ga letlhogonolo go koegilwe mo go rona!
And from his fullness have we all received, even grace for grace;
17 Gonne Moshe o re neetse molao fela o o nang le maikaelelo a a thata go tshegediwa, le tshiamo e e senang kutlwelobotlhoko, fa Jesu Keresete ene a re lereditse lorato le boitshwarelo.
for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 Ga go na ope yo tota o kileng a bona Modimo ka matlho, fa e se Morwawe fela a le esi yo o mmonyeng, gonne ke mopati wa ga Rara ebile o re boleletse gotlhe ka ga Ene.
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
19 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba roma baperesiti le bathusi ba bone go tsweng kwa Jerusalema go botsa Johane gore a o ne a ipitsa Mesia.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?
20 Mme a ganela mo go senang gotwe sepe. A re, “Ga ke Keresete.”
And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
21 Mme ba mmotsa ba re, “Go siame, jaanong o mang? A o Elija?” A fetola a re, “Nnyaa.” “A o moporofiti?” “Nnyaa.”
And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No.
22 “Jaanong o mang? Re bolelele gore re tle re kgone go neela ba ba re romileng karabo. Wa reng fa o ikarabela?”
They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself?
23 A fetola a re, “Ke lentswe le le tswang mo sekakeng se se senang sepe, ke goa fela jaaka Isaia a porofitile a re, ‘ipaakanyetseng go tla go Morena’.”
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.
24 Mme ba ba neng ba romilwe ke Bafarasai ba mmotsa ba re, “Fa o se Mesia kgotsa Elija kgotsa moporofiti, o tsaya kae tetlelelo ya go kolobetsa?”
And those who were sent were of the Pharisees;
and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 Johane a ba raya a re, “Ke kolobetsa fela ka metsi, mme mo gare ga bontsintsi jwa batho, go na le mongwe yo lo iseng lo ke lo rakane nae.
John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not.
27 Yo o tlaa tlogang a simolola tirelo-Modimo mo go lona, mme ga ke a lekana go nna le fa e le lekgoba la gagwe.”
He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.
28 Tiragalo e e ne ya diragala kwa Bethania, motse o o ka fa ntlheng e nngwe ya Noka ya Jorodane kwa Johane o neng a kolobetsa teng.
These things were done in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 Letsatsi le le latelang Johane a bona Jesu a tla ntlheng ya gagwe mme a re, “Bonang! Kwana ya Modimo e e tlosang boleo jwa lefatshe!
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
30 Ke ene yo ke neng ke bua ka ga gagwe ke re, ‘Monna yo o mphetang thata o tlaa tloga a tla ka bofefo, yo o sa bolong go nna pele ga me!’
This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me.
31 Ke ne ke sa itse gore ke ene, mme ke fano ke kolobetsa ka metse gore ke mo supe mo chabeng ya Iseraele.”
And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water.
32 Mme Johane a bolela ka go bona Mowa O O Boitshepo o fologela mo go Jesu o le mo setshwa-nong sa lephoi o tswa kwa legodimong.
And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
33 Gape Johane a re, “Ke ne ke sa itse gore ke ene, mme erile ka nako e Modimo o neng o nthoma ka yone go tla go kolobetsa wa re, ‘Fa o bona Mowa O O Boitshepo o fologa o nna mo mongweng, ke ene yo o mmatlang. Ke ene yo o kolobetsang ka Mowa O O Boitshepo.’
And I knew him not; but he that sent me to immerse in water, said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is he that immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 Ke bonye go diragala mo monneng yo, mme ke sone se ke supang gore ke Morwa Modimo.”
And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God.
35 Letsatsi le le latelang fa Johane a eme le barutwa ba bangwe ba le babedi,
Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.
36 Jesu a feta gautshwane le bone. Johane a mo leba thata mme a bua a re, “Bonang Kwana ya Modimo!”
And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Behold the Lamb of God.
37 Mme barutwa ba babedi ba ga Johane ba retologa ba sala Jesu morago!
And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Jesu a retologa a ba bona ba mo setse morago. Mme a ba botsa a re, “Lo batlang?” Ba mo raya ba re, “Rra, o nna kae?”
And Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them:
39 A ba raya a re, “Tlang lo bone.” Mme ba ya le ene kwa a neng a nna teng mme ba nna nae lobaka lo e neng e ka nna go simologa nako ya bone mo tshokologong go fitlhelela go nna lotlatlana.
What do you seek? They said to him: Rabbi, (which, when translated, is called Teacher, ) where abidest thou?
40 (Mongwe wa banna ba e ne e le Anderea Monnaa Simone Petoro).
He said to them: Come and see. They went and saw where he abode; and they remained with him that day; for it was about the tenth hour.
41 Mme Anderea a ya go senka Petoro mogolowe a mo raya a re, “Re bonye Mesia.”
One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
42 Mme a isa Petoro kwa go Jesu. Jesu a tlhoma Petoro matlho le mogopolo ka lobakanyana mme a re, “O Simone, morwa Johane, mme o tlaa bidiwa Petoro, ke gore Lefika!”
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ; )
43 Letsatsi le le latelang Jesu a ikaelela go ya Galalea. Mme bona Filipo a mo raya a re, “Ntshala morago.”
and he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking on him, said: You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which, when translated, is Rock).
44 Filipo a ya go senka Nathaniele mme a mo raya a re, “Re bonye Mesia! Ene tota motho yo Moshe le baporofiti ba boletseng ka ga gagwe! Leina la gagwe ke Jesu, morwa Josefe yo o tswang Nasaretha!”
The day following, Jesus wished to go into Galilee; and he found Philip, and said to him: Follow me.
45 Nathaniele a hakgamala a re.
Now, Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
46 “Kwa Nasaretha! a gona le sengwe se se siameng se se ka tswang teng?” Filipo a re, “Tla fela o iponele.”
Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
47 Ya re ba atamela Jesu a re, “Monna yo o ikanyegang ke yo o e tla, Moiseraele wa boammaaruri.”
And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.
48 Nathaniele a re, “O nkitsile jang?” Mme Jesu a fetola a re, “Erile o le ka fa tlase ga setlhare sa mofeige, Filipo a ise a go bone, ke ne ke go bona.”
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said of him: Be hold, an Israelite in truth, in whom there is no guile.
49 Nathaniele a fetola a re, “Rra, O Morwa Modimo, Kgosi ya Iseraele!”
Nathaniel said to him: How knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig-tree, I saw you.
50 Jesu a mmotsa a re, “A o dumela gotlhe mo fela ka gore ke go boleletse gore ke ne ka go bona ka fa tlase ga setlhare sa mofeige? O tlaa bona ditshupo tse dikgolo go na le tse.
Nathaniel answered and said to him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
51 O tlaa bo o bone le legodimo le atlhamologa le baengele ba Modimo ba boaboela ba tla kwa go nna, Monna wa kgalalelo.”
Jesus answered and said to him: Do you believe, because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree? You shall see greater things than these. And he said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, From this time you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
